Posted tagged ‘Jeremy Goldstein’

I’m a little late posting this due to an epic fail by my Internet connection yesterday. Anyway, yesterday was the WMRLS Digital Barn Raising, on behalf of the Digital Treasure project. I was there doing my best John Hodgman impression as a resident expert (albeit on cataloging and copyright issues instead of hobos and spam).

It being Halloween and all I opted to resurrect my library scientist get up. Really I just don’t get enough excuses to wear the lab coat. The workshop went very well and it made a nice counterpoint to the larger digitization event on Tuesday. Plus I managed to get through my whole portion with only one look at my note cards. So I think I’m getting better (but I can handle criticism). Besides my bit on copyright there was also a nice overview of what Digital Treasures has to offer, their success to date and how to use Dublin Core (not to mention the correct subject heading for cupolas). The whole made for another great WMRLS workshop and a very nice finish to one of my more hectic weeks.

Now, on the issue of anonymity, I’ve had mixed feelings up until now. I’ve had quite a few conversations with a good friend of mine who completely hides their identity on line (despite being very active) on the subject and they had managed to convince me of the value in remaining hidden. However, that person works in academia and the library profession seems a little more open to bloggers by comparison.

So I guess I’ll just have to watch what I say a little bit more now (not too much more). But now I can start tying in some of my other online activities to a much greater extent. Expect to see a few redesigns to the site in the near future as I start playing with widgets.